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Jul 28, 2025 10 tweets 4 min read Read on X
🚨🇺🇸 Trump Just Brokered the Most One-Sided Deal in Modern History.

No One’s Talking About the Real Reason Why. Because It Was a Bailout Disguised as a Trade Deal.

Let’s connect the dots 🧵👇 Image
1/ Trump just forced the EU to:

→ Pay 15% tariffs on exports to the US

→ Accept ZERO tariffs on US goods

→ Commit to hundreds of billions in US energy & arms

But that’s just the surface.
Let’s go deeper 👇 Image
2/ Why would the EU agree to such a humiliating deal?

A region known for decades of trade protectionism…. suddenly surrendering their leverage?

Because Trump didn’t walk in with diplomacy, He walked in with leverage they couldn’t ignore. Image
3/ During his first term, Trump:

✔️ Strengthened NATO dependency on US energy

✔️ Shifted military manufacturing dominance back to the US

✔️ Dismantled EU’s ability to form an independent energy bloc

The trap was set years ago.
Now Europe’s hooked on American fuel & firepower. Image
4/ Meanwhile…

Germany is de-industrializing.

France is burning internally.

Italy and Spain are buried in debt.

The EU needs America…. badly.

And Trump knew exactly when to strike.

He threatened EU with tariffs who inturn threatened Trump that they would turn to China. Desperation?Image
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5/ Some say the deal was “unfair.”

But what if it wasn’t a deal at all…

What if it was a bailout disguised as trade?

The EU got survival.
Trump got leverage.
And America got paid. Image
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6/ They laughed at Trump in 2018 when he warned Germany about energy dependence on Russia.

Now?
They’re begging for LNG, power, weapons and political power from the U.S.

Beneath all this is the elephant in the room:
The Ukraine black hole.

Billions in EU funds drained.
War fatigue setting in.Image
7/ Trump knew:

If you control their fuel and their defense, You don’t need to win an argument…. You dictate the terms.

Trump’s building the economic trapdoors that lead back to American dominance.

And who is the unhappiest?…. France, the globalist puppet. Image
8/ How was the Deal Finalized?

Before this “deal” was struck, Trump threatened 100% tariffs on EU cars, steel & luxury goods.

In return, EU leaders panicked, von der Leyen even hinted at pivoting to China.

Brussels thought they could bluff.

Trump called it and flipped the entire board.Image
9/9 So ask yourself…

Why would Europe agree to a deal that looks one-sided on paper?

What did Trump offer behind the scenes or what did he threaten to expose?

This isn’t just diplomacy.
This is The Art of Leverage. 🧠🇺🇸

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A global liquidity shock is coming.
Bitcoin will bleed with the market.
XRP won’t.

XRP is preparing to break free and the signs are already showing.

Let me explain🧵👇 Image
1/ Bitcoin still controls crypto but only because the system is old.

For 15 years, Bitcoin has acted as:
•the liquidity anchor
•the sentiment barometer
•the market’s gravitational field

Rough numbers:
📊 ~70–85% of all altcoin movements still correlate with BTC
📉 Bitcoin down = whole market down
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Institutional settlement desks hate this number:

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Ripple just secured a $500M strategic investment at a $40B valuation.

But no one’s talking about the institutions that move Wall Street liquidity.

And this, my friends, changes everything. 🧵👇 Image
1/ What Happened?

Ripple Announced $500 Million Strategic Investment Led by Fortress and Citadel Securities, Valuing the Company at $40 Billion Following Record Growth.

Others include Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital, Brevan Howard and Marshall Wace. Image
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Now ask yourself, why Ripple?Image
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Zcash, Monero, Dash, all breaking out.

The market just realized there will be two blockchains: One for Control, One for Freedom.

You’re watching the final battle for financial freedom… in real time.

Let me explain🧵👇 Image
1/ What are Privacy Coins?

Privacy coins(Zcash, Monero, Dash) are crypto that hide your transactions, think of them as digital cash where no one can see who paid whom or how much.

Unlike public blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, etc., privacy coins mask these details and protect people from surveillance.Image
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2/ Why They’re Breaking Out?

Their rally isn’t random.

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Most of the privacy coins are officially banned by the govts.

Investors can feel it, we’re heading into a world where privacy = power.Image
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If you hold $BTC and $ETH, this thread is for you.

Only a few blockchains are built for post-quantum era.

Here’s who’s ready… and who isn’t.
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1/ What’s happening?

Google just unveiled its new Quantum Computing power that is 13,000x faster than the best supercomputer in the world.

Quantum computers aren’t science fiction anymore.
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What exactly is Evernorth, why is Ripple involved, and how does this quietly change everything for XRP?

This is way bigger than people think🧵👇 Image
1/ What is the Evernorth Project(company)?

Evernorth isn’t another crypto project, it’s a regulated institutional vehicle designed to buy, hold, and manage XRP on behalf of corporations and funds.

Think of it as the BlackRock of $XRP, a bridge between “traditional finance”and “Ripple’s on-chain liquidity network.”Image
2/ What happened?

Evernorth XRP plans to go public via a SPAC (Armada Acquisition Corp II), targeting $1B+ in gross proceeds to build the largest public XRP treasury and accelerate institutional adoption.

This directly lets Wall Street access crypto through traditional markets. Image
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Let me Explain🧵👇 Image
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Both were created that same day.

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